- Usage in publication:
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- Abbyville gabbro
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Gabbro
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Summary:
Pg. 37-38, map. Abbyville gabbro. Much altered intrusive hornblende gabbro of dirty greenish gray color; coarse-grained.
Occurs in vicinity of Abbyville, Mecklenburg Co., central southern VA.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 8).
- Usage in publication:
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- Abbyville gabbro
- Modifications:
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- Age modified
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Jonas, A.I., 1928, Geological map of Virginia; preliminary edition: Virginia Geological Survey
Summary:
Abbyville gabbro. Mapped the hornblende gabbro around Abbyville, Virginia, as of pre-Cambrian age and as intrusive into Glenarm series (Algonkian?).
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 8).
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